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Professional brewery disinfectant 4 times cheaper than starsan

Started by christhebrewer, August 15, 2013, 05:24:33 PM

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christhebrewer

Check this out on the public group buys. Could we muster five of us for a litre each, under a tenner?

Shanna

How about we start a list I assume your interested Chris so I took the liberty of starting a list and putting you and I on it.

1. Christhebrewer
2. Shanna - South Dublin
Quote from: christhebrewer on August 15, 2013, 05:24:33 PM
Check this out on the public group buys. Could we muster five of us for a litre each, under a tenner?
Cornie keg group buy organiser, storeman & distribution point
Hops Group buy packer
Regulator & Taps distribution point
Stainless Steel Fermenter Group Buy Organiser
South Dublin Brewers member

vonHolt

Hi,

What's the difference between a brewery disinfectant and the DIY milton/vinegar/water mix?

Not being smart here, I'm pretty new to this and just discovered the above DIY alternative to commercial sanitisers, and just forked out €3.something on a bottle  :-[
Fermenting: nada
Conditioning: zip
Drinking: Hacked Muntons Premium Lager kit with Saaz Hops, Chocolate Maple Porter
To Brew: Bruxelles Blonde, Summer Wheat, Jalapeno Saison, Mouten Kop, Bavarienfest

christhebrewer



"What's the difference between a brewery disinfectant and the DIY milton/vinegar/water mix?"

No idea, but at €10/l ,I wouldn't mind finding out.
I started with Starsan, which is great. I've been using bleach and vinegar lately which seem to work fine (and is stupidly cheap with tesco thin bleach and spirit vinegar)
It just seems silly not to try it, that's all. For a tenner? Go on!

Shanna

Was reading the group buy post and it seems that getting an proper bottle to hold this stuff is important. Anybody got any ideas on this?

Shanna
Cornie keg group buy organiser, storeman & distribution point
Hops Group buy packer
Regulator & Taps distribution point
Stainless Steel Fermenter Group Buy Organiser
South Dublin Brewers member

Greg2013

Cheap centra bleach bottles for 70 cents, dump the bleach and rinse out ?
"Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everybody you meet."  Gen. James 'Mad Dog' Mattis USMC(Ret.)

christhebrewer

Sounds good! I'm sure we all have an odd beer bottle laying around too.

onesoma

On the off chance this is going ahead, I'm interested :)

1. Christhebrewer
2. Shanna - South Dublin
3. onesoma - Shankill